KitchenAid Superba Selectra 22 Dishwasher

[andrewinorlando]

A couple of months ago, I picked up a KA Superba Selectra 22 dishwasher. The machine had hardly even been used. Here are some pictures I took....the digital display is hard to see under the camera's light, but I think you'll kind of get the idea! It's really a beautiful machine...Hobart design, powerful pump and disposal unit, and the porcelain is in mint condition.

Here is the right side of the control panel.....notice one of the buttons says "Preheating Water Off".

 

[andrewinorlando]

The Exterior Shot.....

Here is the outside of the machine.....

 

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This is my Bella getting in on the action....she loves the KitchenAid too...she knows good stuff!!

 

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Interior Shot #1

Here's one of the inside....the porcelain is in mint condition.

 

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Interior Shot #2

Here she is loaded....

 

[andrewinorlando]

JennAir Range

Here's a shot of my new JennAir commercial gas range. Picked her up at the scratch n dent shop for a whopping $405!!! Brand new, not a mark on it. How could anyone pass this up?? Really an excellent range.

 

[andrewinorlando]

JennAir Range #2

Here's another shot of the range....

 

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And lastly....

....here is my Bella just looking pretty in front of the KitchanAid......

 

[gansky1]

These 22's must be coming "in season" now, and what a great catch! These were terrific cleaning machines - it's good you have the Whirlpool influences, Hobart didn't have very good luck with the electronics in their version and ended up replacing a lot of dishwashers. We had some neighbors around that time that never could the theirs to run a complete cycle and ended up getting a whole new Superba model.

 

[cvillewasherbo]

great find

I've never seen one of those, not ever!! Looks really great.
C in VA

 

[andrewinorlando]

Apparently, not many were sold because they were so damned expensive (almost $1200 at the time - 1989) and had reliability issues with the older models. The Selectra didn't really offer anything over the Superba, except the ability to turn off the water pre-heating...for a lot more money! Unfortunately, it's hard to see the electronic display in my photos, but that is a cool part of the dishwasher - has a bar graph along the bottom that tells how much energy your cycle uses, and when the machine is heating, a different bar graph appears to tell you how hot the water is inside the machine from "WARM" to "HOT" to "SANI". I thought it was pretty neat!

 

[peteski50]

Selectra 22

Hi Andrew,
The selectra is real nice. The KA was always my favorate dw. Nothing is built like them today. I never did like that pre-heat water at the start of the cycle. It should have been held in the main wash cycle. BTW Bella is a awsome dog.
Peter

 

[bobbyderegis]

Gorgeous. I never saw that model.
Bobby in Boston

 

[andrewinorlando]

Pete -

Actually, the Selectra does heat water during the main wash cycle as well as the first wash (and Soak and Scrub cycle). According to the cycle progress chart, while the machine is washing during the main wash, the heating element is energized, but it is not thermostatically controlled during this phase. Same thing happens during all wash phases if you select the "Water Pre-heating Off" option - it heats, but the water heating is just not delayed until it hits 140 degrees.

Overall, without water pre-heating turned on, the end of cycle rinse temp is at about 127 - 130 degrees, vs. 137 degrees with the pre-heat option set. That's with the water heater set at around 125.

 

[jaytag]

superba selectra

I have one of these, it is in a rental house, the heater fan went out but it still works, the digital display was the next to start acting funny. Led only displays parts of numbers. Still washes well.

 

[chachp]

Have any of you ever seen this Kitchen Aid Model?

I had this in Chicago and was told by ABT that it was made for only a short time. I thought it was a good machine and it worked well. The salesman told me to take out a service contract because the board alone was $450 to replace and that was 10 years ago.

Sorry the photo isn't better but it was taken with my sorry Axx original Sony digital camera. Great concept as it had a disk to store the photos but it took crappy pictures.

 

[chachp]

..and the inside.

It was pretty quiet and washed well but you could see that the old Kitchen Aid style was really gone.

 

[andrewinorlando]

That is the Superba 24 or 25 series. All Whirlpool, inside and out. No trace of the old Hobart design like the 22 was. The 23 was the transitional model...Hobart look with the Whirlpool pump. That was the last of the Hobart-inspired series of dishwashers.

 

[andrewinorlando]

The 24 and 25 models, like the one in your picture, were good performers, pretty quiet, but with problematic control boards. Not to mention, expensive.